Faculty Director:
Polly Buckingham (She/Her)
Polly Buckingham is the author of two books of fiction, The Expense of a View, winner of the Katherine and Porter Prize, and A Year of Silence, winner of the Leiby Chapbook Award, and the poetry collection The River People (Lost Horse Press). Her work appears in the sadly defunct Gettysburg Review, The Poetry Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. Polly is drawn to work with emotional and intellectual integrity and resonance and often leans toward experimentation and surrealism, though her aesthetic is far ranging. She believes experimentation works not for its own sake but when it feels like the only way to express what the writer needs to express. She is drawn to pieces where from the first sentence or line, she has complete confidence in the writer and the voice; cleverness and hooks are poor stand-ins for the quality of language that pulls you in and doesn’t let you go.
Managing Editor:
Adam Westerholm (He/Him)
Adam Westerholm is a fiction writer from Fargo, ND. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University of Denver in 2020, and is currently an MFA Candidate at Eastern Washington University. In his first year of the program he was an assistant student coordinator for the Get Lit! Festival in 2026 and worked with Willow Springs Books as an interior designer and manuscript reader. Before moving to Spokane, he has worked as a scholarship tutor at the 826LA in Mar Vista, and as a copywriter for NERUS Strategies. He enjoys biking, basketball, and catching typos.
Editing Staff:
Enzo Cardamuro (He/Him) – InRoads Managing Editor
Jacob Hammond (He/Him) – Social Media Editor
Skyler Hansen (He/Him) – Fiction Editor
Michele Graham (She/Her) – Associate Editor
